Level 3 Health & Safety In The Workplace Training

• Core elements of managing for health and safety

• • Legal duties
  • Risk profiling
  • Health and safety management systems 
  • Documentation 
  • Attitudes and behaviours 

• • Are you doing what you need to do?

• • • • • • • • Leading and managing for health and safety 
              • Competence
              • Worker consultation and involvement

• • • • • • • • Delivering Effective Arrangements

• • Plan
  • Do
  • Check
  • Act

• • Summary
  • Assessment

• Definitions
• 5 Steps to Risk Assessment

1. Identifying hazards
2. Deciding who may be harmed
3. Evaluating risks
4. Recording findings
5. Reviewing and revising

• Who should carry out risk assessments?
• Most Common Risks at Work
• Summary
• Assessment

• Emergency First Aid at Work 
• Roles and Responsibilities of a worker when an incident occurs
• Dos and Don’ts in an emergency
• Questions to Ask Yourself

• What are the dangers?
• Is It Safe For You to Go Up to the Casualty?
• What Has Caused the Accident or Situation? Vc  
• What Do You Think the Main Injuries Could Be?
• How to Make the Area Safe?
• How to Assess the Casualties?

• • The Elements of Fire 

• Electrical Incidents 

• Caution
• Breaking contact with electricity 
• High voltage current 
• Low-voltage current 
• Lightning 

• Water Incidents

• Caution 
• Rescuing a person from water

• Summary 

• Assessment

• Why is dealing with manual handling important? 
• Practical tips for good lifting technique

• Dos and don’ts of working at height

• Dos and don’ts of working in confined spaces

• Safe movement of vehicles in the workplace
• Driving at work

• General requirements for work equipment
• Hand-held tools
• Machinery hazards
• Using equipment safely
• Personal protective equipment

• • Why is PPE important? 
  • Selection and use 
  • Maintenance 
  • Types of PPE you can use 
  • Emergency equipment
• Summary
• Assessment

• Slips and trips 

• • Why is dealing with slips and trips important?
  • Practical steps to prevent slips and trips accidents
• Noise
  • Measures to control noise
• Vibration
  • Reducing hand-arm vibration 
  • Reducing whole-body vibration
• Radiations
  • What are the main types of radiation?
  • The hazards
  • Dos and don’ts of radiation safety
• Summary
• Assessment

Topics Covered in this Module Are:

• What Is Working at Height
• Examples of Working at Height
• Risks from working at height (Should start with some statistics of the UK and then mention some risks using bullet points)

• What are the most common causes of working at height?
• What do you need to consider when planning work at height? 

• WAHR 2005

• How do you comply with these Regulations? 
• How do you decide if someone is ‘competent’ to work at height? 

• Duties
  • • Employer Duties
    • Employee Duties
• Summary
• Assessment

• Assessing the Risks

• What Is Risk Assessment?
• Who May Be Harmed?
• What Are the Five Steps of Risk Assessment?
• How to Identify Hazards and Evaluate the Risks?
• How to Record, Review and Update the Findings?

• Preventing the Risks

• How to Reduce the Risks
• Things to consider when trying to reduce risks
• Safety Control Measures
• Control Measures for Fragile Surfaces
• Control Measures for Vehicles
• Control Measures for Roof Work
• Training
• Emergency Procedures 

• Summary 
• Assessment

• • Selecting Work Equipment
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Safe Uses of the Common Equipment
  • Mobile Scaffold
  • MEWP Scissors
  • MEWP Boom
  • Podium Steps
  • Ladder/ Step Ladder (Inspection checklist, how to secure safely)
  • Hop Up
  • Trestle
  • Tubular Scaffold
  • Inspection of Work Equipment
  • Summary 
  • Assessment

• • Definition of Conflict  
  • Benefits of Confrontation  
  • Prevention of Conflicts 
  • Anger Management  
  • Conflict Resolution Techniques  
  • Research
  • Presentation
  • Take Action
  • Summary
  • Assessment

• • Identifying Hazardous Substances
  • Dangerous Substances 
  • Flammable Substances 
  • Flammable liquids, dusts, and gases 
  • Asthma-Causing Substances 
  • Asbestos 
  • Lead 
  • Warning Labels 
  • Chemical Safety Data Sheets
  • Emergency Procedures 
  • Summary 
  • Assessment

• • Steps to Making a COSHH Assessment
  • Gathering information about the substances, the work and the working practices 
  • Decide who will carry out the assessment
  • Identify the substances present or likely to be 
  • Identify how the substances are hazardous 
  • What effects could they have?
  • Who could be exposed and how?
  • Evaluating the risk to health
  • Evaluating risk to groups or individuals 
  • What is the potential of a substance for causing harm?
  • What is the chance of exposure occurring?
  • How often is exposure liable to occur?
  • What levels are people exposed to and for how long?
  • Draw conclusions about the risk to health
  • When might exposure constitute a risk to health
  • Recording the assessment 
  • When the assessment needs to be reviewed 
  • What Are The Basic Skills for Someone Doing an Assessment?
  • Summary 
  • Assessment

• • Selection of Measures to Prevent or Control Exposure 
  • Maintaining Control Measures 
  • Making Sure Control Measures are Used 
  • Plan for Emergencies 
  • Monitoring Exposure 
  • Health Surveillance 
  
  
  • Summary 
  • Assessment

• Types of Injury
• Common Disorders and Immediate Injuries
• Musculoskeletal Disorders (along with a short description of the musculoskeletal system)
• How to Prevent Disorders?
• Accident and Incident Reporting
• Summary
• Assessment

• Aims of the risk assessment (after mentioning the aims write one or two sentence about the importance)
• When should a risk assessment be conducted?
• Who should conduct a risk assessment? (what role can employees and their representatives play)
• How to conduct a workplace risk assessment (mention the steps) (identifying hazards, factors that may elevate the risk of harm, who is most at risk, who may be harmed, results of the risk assessment)
• Why is it useful to record assessment?
• Is it necessary to conduct assessment for each employee and workplace?
• How should I use the assessment
• How far should I reduce the risk
• Summary
• Assessment